Quick Sale

Have you ever seen those "25% OFF" or "ON SPECIAL!" stickers on various products in a supermarket, which also happen to be placed on crucial information, like the expiry date or the ingredients list? Neither have I, but I reckon it's happened to one of you out there. I mean, peeling would constitute deliberate product vandalism, so you'd end up buying it anyway. And the supermarket staff will probably tell you to stop being a baby and buy the darned item already. So you've got two choices: Live long enough to regret missing out on the sale of a lifetime, or just *YOLO* it and hope the ol' immune system is as good as it used to be...?

Loss Leader

Lightly inspired by various purchases made at a local Asian supermarket, where the price label and actual price at the checkout counter are two different values. So far, it's been somewhat generous, allowing me to save tens of cents so, as with all semi-random systems, I'd rather not push my luck more than I need to.

Also, time for a LIFE UPDATE! I'll be going on some holiday during June, so you may not see anything new on the blog for, like, a month or something along those lines. I'll try to post something on Wednesday or Thursday to account for the fact that I won't be around on the weekends to post as I normally would. But it might also not happen, in the event I horrendously underestimate the amount of time and effort needed to sufficiently prepare for a holiday. We'll see what happens in due time...

Nothing but bad news

Surprisingly, the English language doesn't really have a word to describe the fear of government agencies. I suppose for the conspiracy theorists reading this, one might conclude such a term has been deliberately redacted from the Internet by the powers that be.
Personally, I'm under the impression that the fear of Centrelink (and other government agencies in general) is more or less universal, and is actually quite normal. I have yet to meet someone who enjoys those sorts of interactions.

On Closer Inspection

Based on an actual listing on the Facebook Marketplace that I haphazardly stumbled into a few months ago. If you want my unsolicited opinion about the platform itself, it seems to suffer from the same problems that sites like eBay and Gumtree have to deal with, namely falsified seller reputation and listing subversion (e.g. some sellers set the price label of items to "Free" just to gain attention but then mention the actual selling price only in the listing description). Then again, I rarely buy anything from these online marketplaces, so what would I know about buying a cheap second-hand T.V. from some random person on the Internet?

Double Lifetime

Based on some articulated thoughts after stumbling across this "Golden Golden Gaytime" promotion while wandering around (mindlessly) in a nearby shopping centre some time ago. Yes, the Terms and Conditions text is a direct quote from the actual Terms and Conditions, under the Prizes subheading.
But can you imagine eating the same ice-cream product every day for the next 4 - 5 years? At least you won't have to worry about cooling off on a hot summer's day anymore. But eating ice-cream during winter might be problematic, unless you're a true fan of cold weather.